University of Cologne School of Medicine (1995-2001)
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Center (2000)
University of Cologne, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2001-2003)
Heart Center Oldenburg, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2004-2008)
Board Certified Cardiac Surgeon (2008)
Staff Surgeon, Heart Center Oldenburg (since 2008)
Aortic surgery and interventional vascular surgery
Beating heart valve surgery
Cerebral and spinal cord protection in aneurysm surgery
Future developments in extracorporal circulation